Hardcover | July 30, 2016

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This book attempts to bridge in one step the enormous gap between introductory quantum mechanics and the research front of modern optics and scientific fields that make use of light. Hence, while it is suitable as a reference for the specialist in quantum optics, it will also be useful to thenon-specialists from other disciplines who need to understand light and its uses in research. With a unique approach it introduces a single analytic tool, namely the density matrix, to analyze complex optical phenomena encountered in traditional as well as cross-disciplinary research. It movesswiftly in a tight sequence from elementary to sophisticated topics in quantum optics, including laser tweezers, laser cooling, coherent population transfer, optical magnetism, electromagnetically induced transparency, squeezed light, quantum information science and cavity quantum electrodynamics. Asystematic approach is used that starts with the simplest systems - stationary two-level atoms - then introduces atomic motion, adds more energy levels, and moves on to discuss first-, second-, and third-order coherence effects that are the basis for analyzing new optical phenomena in incompletelycharacterized systems.Unconventional examples and original problems are used to engage even seasoned researchers in exploring a mathematical methodology with which they can tackle virtually any new problem involving light. An extensive bibliography makes connections with mathematical techniques and subject areas whichcan extend the benefit readers gain from each section.This revised edition includes over 40 new problems (for a total of 110 original problems with an instructor's solution manual), as well as completely new sections on quantum interference, Fano resonance, optical magnetism, quantum computation, laser cooling of solids, and irreducible representationof magnetic interactions. Literature references to current ultrafast science, nonlinear optics, x-ray and high-field physics topics have doubled at the end of chapters 5, 6, and 7; the subject index has also been significantly expanded.

About The Author

Stephen C. Rand is the Director of the Center for Dynamic Magneto-optics at the University of Michigan (DYNAMO). For the past thirty years he has been a Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the UM Optics and Photonics Laboratory.

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Title:Lectures on Light: Nonlinear and Quantum Optics using the Density MatrixFormat:HardcoverDimensions:432 pagesPublished:July 30, 2016Publisher:Oxford University PressLanguage:English

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:

ISBN - 10:019875745X

ISBN - 13:9780198757450

Customer Reviews of Lectures on Light: Nonlinear and Quantum Optics using the Density Matrix

"It is a significant advantage that the author has written a text that can be used by practitioners in the field with a wide variety of backgrounds, from conventional physics to bio-physicists and photo-chemists." --Ifan G. Hughes, University of Durham, UK